Thill-carrier for harness



(No Model.)

F.-A. BAKE. V THILL CARRIER FOB HARNESS.

Patented Mar. 13,1883.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS.

'UNI'TED STATES FRANOIS'A. HAKE,

PATENT .OFFICE.

or ounno, TEXAS.

" THlLL-CASRRIER FOR HARNESS.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,983,-dated1VIarcl1 13, 18 83.

" Application filed November'lfi, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern y Be it known that 1, FRANCIS A. BAKE, ofGuero, in the county of De Witt and State of Texas, have invented a newand Improved Thill- Carrier for Harnesses, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description- My invention consists of an openthill-ca-rrier for harnesses, and of a loop or ring for confining thethills in the carrier.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in

which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allthe figures.

Figure l is a rear elevation of an ordinary single-harness gig-saddleand belly-band hav- -1ng my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2is a detailed perspective view of my invention; and Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the carrier, showing'a modified form of attaching theloop or ring for confining the thills in the carrier.

The gig-saddle A, belly-band B, side straps, I) b, and thill-straps O Oare all of ordinary form and construction.

D D represent my new and improved open thill carriers, and E E theconfining loops or rings for holdingthe thills in the carriers. Thecarriers D D are made of metal andare hookshaped, and are provided withthe buckles F F, by which they are attached to the straps U U, as shown.The metal of the carriers may be covered with leather, as shown in Fig.2, or the carriers may be lined with leather, as shown'at a, Fig. 3, toprotect the thills from excessive wear. be of leather or metal. They areattached permanently to theupper ends of the straps b b,

and the loops and the said straps may be attached to the harness bysimply placing the loops over the buckles F F of the carriers before thecarriers are buckled to the straps O (J, s shown in Figs. 1 and 2 or theloops may be provided with the small straps b, to pass Wer the tonguesof the buckles F F, as shown in Fig. 3. 'The said loops or rings are ofsuch size relative to the size of the carriers D D that they are adaptedto drop over the entrance ot' the carriers when the bellyband isbuckled, and thus close the entrance, so that in case the thills are inplace they will be confined in the carriers.

The confining-loops E E may In use the horse may be put in the thillsbefore the belly-band is buckled. The thills may then be raised andplaced in the open thillcarriers, which can be very easily done, andthen the belly-band may be buckled and the tugs and holdback strapsattached to the thills and sin gle-tree in the ordinary manner. Forremoving the horse from the thills this operation will be reversed; orthe thills may be inserted in the carriers and removed therefrom whilethe belly-band is buckled, the band having sufficient looseness to liftthe confining loops or rings, thus permitting the animal to be harnessedwithout'moving him back and forth in the thills, insuring greatercomfort to ,both man and beast.

By'this construction of the thill-carriers it will be seen that thetrouble and annoyance of running the thills into and backing them out ofthe thill-carriers are entirely overcome, and by means of the loops orrings E E the thills are perfectly confined in the carriers, so that thethills are held as securely as by the ordinary form of thill-carrier.Besides, my new carriers may be made very cheap, and also veryornamental to the harness.

Instead of using leather for covering the thill-carriers, rubber orother similar material may be used, and any soft substance may be usedfor lining the thill-carriers, instead of leather, and not depart fromthe spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a thill-carrier, the metallic hook D, sup porting the thill andextending its two ends above the same, one end being provided with abuckle. F, in combination with the loop E, surrounding the two ends ofthe hook, the strap 1) of the belly-girt carrying said loop, and

the strap (Lattached to the saddle and to the buckle F of the hook, asshown and described.

FRANCIS A. HAKE.

Witnesses: h

H. STOEVESANDT, EDW. Mose.

